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Combat Controller - CCT - 321st Special Tactics Squadron
US DoD photo by TECH. SGT. Kevin Wallace
An Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) Combat Controller (CCT) assigned to the 321st Special Tactics Squadron (321st STS) watches for Taliban activity from the doorway of a helicopter flying above mountains in Afghanistan, while attached to a US Army Special Forces ODA.
The CCT is armed with a MK 12 Special Purpose Rifle (SPR), a 5.56mmx45mm light sniper rifle.